Container and opener.



J. RICE.

CONTAINER AND OPENER. APPLICATWN HLED Nov.2o. I915.

Patented Dec. 11, 191.7.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it knownthat I, JOSEPH Bron, a, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of .Illinois,-have invented a new and useful Improvement in Containers and Openers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention. relates tocontainers and openers therefor, and has for its object the provision-of a. container adapted to hold confections and thelike, whichv is sanitary, simple of construction and efficient in use.

' A further, object is the. provision ofa simple opener for the container. 1 Other ,objects'will appear hereinafter; I 5 p An embodiment of my invention is shown in the -accompanying drawing forming, a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a-view,in perspective, of a portion of a container embodying my invention, and shown partly opened;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of such container shown on a smaller scale thanthat of Fig. 1; l N

Fig. 3 is an end View of the sealed container; and, H

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Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 provide a base '5 of a comparatively stifi substance, such as a .sheetof cardboard.

{On the upper-side of basel5 I provide a plurality of spaced partitions 6, and at the ends of base 5 I provide end walls 7. .One or more of the partitions6, as at 8 in Fig. 2, may extend as high as the end walls 7, and be formed similarly thereto. The partition 8 and end Walls 7 are preferably formed of rigid construction for the purpose mentioned hereinafter. A The partitions 6 andthe end walls 7 may. be formedyin any preferred manner, and a construction which answers my; purpose very well is formed of a sheet of'paper 9 having folds at spaced intervals therein, forming the partitions ;6, and inclosinggthe partition andendwalls 7. Inthiis construction the end walls 7 and partition -8 are pieces of cardboard, but any other suitable substance may. be used when so desired. .Itfwill then vb eeent atth pan eas eras a n Specification of Letters iitent.

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the, end walls 7 and partition 8, and pletely formsthe partitions 6. M

At one end of the base 5 and its corresponding end wall? I secure the end of: a string 10,, and pass this string longitudinally throughthe container above the end walls 7, partitions 6 and'8, and extend its end 11; out of the container for the purpose stated hereinafter. Resting on the end walls 7, partition Sand string 10,1 place aconiparatively stiff sheet 12. This sheet 12'may combcformedof cardboard or stiff paper, and

canbeofany other suitable substance.

JXThe members already described areflinclosed in a sheet or cove-ring 13. This covering ispreferably of paraflinedpapenLbut may be of any other suitable substance. One a longitudinal edge 1410f the .cover is secured to a longitudinal edge at the under side of the base 5 byia suitable agglutinant, and disposed around the parts alreadyincntioned, with its other longitudinal edge 15 also secured to the bottom of the base,5 by

a suitable, agglutinant. The ends .of, the covering 13 are foldedover, asindicated in Fig." 3, or any other preferred manner, and secured also by an agglutinant. The string 10, is adapted to pass out ofthe covering as indicated in Fig. 2, so that when it is desired to open the package orcontainer the end 11 of the string is pulled toward the top ofthe container, tearing a slit as indicated at 16 in Fig. 1. When the string end 11 has reached the under side of cardboard 12, 1t cannot tcarrthe covering farther in this direction. :Thestring is therefore drawn horizontally from slit 16 across the end of the container under the end of cardboard112 and along the side of the latter, to sever the covering as indicated in Fig. 1. I After tearing or severing the covering at one longitudinal edgeof the cardboard 12, the, string m'aybe passed back through the severed slit to the otherlongitudinal edge of theca-rdboard 13, and sever the covering at such edge, thereby cutting the covering of the swingihgaroirjnd edges of the top sheet; 12

sukistantiallyas if pivoted at the last, point package along both longitudinaledgesrof I at which it is secured to the container walls.

In the device shown, the string swings about a point where it extends through the end wall 7 at the right hand side of Fig. 2 into the interior of the container. Theadvantage of providing a package of this sort with partitions as shown co'operatingwith the string and cardboard 12, is that an article or articles contained in one compart mentbetweenan end wall 7 and its next ad-. jac'ent partition G'may be remove d'b y tear- .ing the covering, as shown in Fig.1, :with-= out disturbing the contents of the package between-the other partitions and end wall.

It will therefore be seen that with the use ofl'this container a confection may be placed inieachcompartment of the container, and

severing the container as indicated above,

one or more. of the confections, or other similar objects, maybe taken from the container'without-disturbing the other articles therei n a nd preventing contamination of 5 "confectionsor other articles in the container.- This construction has the advantage of supporting a number of packages when "in a stack without permitting the weight to rest on the articles in the containers, thereby preserving such articles in their original forms even when a number of the containers are in a stack. I *While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to avail myself'of" such variations and changes as comewithin the scope of the appended claims.

' i I claim:

' 1. A'container comprising a relatively "stiff base; end walls at the ends of the base; relatively stiif's'heet resting on the end walls; a covering-inclosing the end walls, base and sa d sheet; spaced partltions on the base dividing the'space between the end "walls into row of small compartments; and a string secured to one endof the-container extending-through the interior of the latter above said-partitions and having its other end protruding from the other end of 'the'fcontainer, said string being adapted to sever the covering at each longitudinal edge of said sheet to open the compartments consecutively.

' 2. A container comprising a base of relatively stiff material; a covering secured to the edges of the base and inclosin g a chamber; spaced parallel vertical walls on the base dividing the chamber into a row of small compartments; a sheet of still material resting on certain of said walls under said cover; and a string extending between the sheet of stiff material and the tops of said walls with one end extending from one end of the container and its other end socured inside the other end of the container.

8. A container comprising a base of relatively stiff material; a covering secured to the edges of the base and inclosing a chamber; spaced parallel partitions on the base dividing the chamber into a row of small compartments; end walls of comparatively stifl material at the ends of said base; and a sheet of stiff material resting on said end walls and certain of the partitions under and engaging said cover. 4. A container comprising a base of cardboard; a paper covering secured to the edges of the base and inclosing a chamber; a sheet ofpaper securedto the upper side of the base and having portions-folded and disposed vertically at spaced intervals forming end walls and partitions on the base and dividing the chamber into small compartments; sheets of cardboard in certain ofthe folded portions of the paper reinforcing said portions; a cardboard sheet disposed on the top edges of the end walls and one of the partitions; and a string extending between the sheet and the tops of the partitions and endwalls with one end extending from the container and its other end secured inside of the other end of the coutainer. 1

5. A container comprising a base and end walls of relatively stiff material; a stiif sheet of substantially the size of said base disposed on the tops of the end walls over said base; a cover inclosing the stiff sheet, end walls and base; and an elongated opening member extending throughout the length of said stiff sheet under the latter with one end secured to one of the members inside of said cover forming a pivotal pointabout which theopening member-is adapted to swingto sever the cover and its other end extending out through a portion of i said cover.

r '6, A container comprising a frame of relatively stifi' material comprising a base with end walls at the ends of saidbase and a top sheet having its ends disposed on the In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence W of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 18th day of November, A. D. 1915.

JOSEPH RICE.

under the top sheet and between one end of the latter and the upper edge of one end Wall With one end portion extending from the covering, said string being adapted to move pivotally about its connection with said end wall along the under sides of the edges of the top sheet just above articles in the device to sever the covering.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. SEEM, THOMAS COLSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatente, Washington, D. G. 

